This is an analysis of the poem Holm that begins with:
Græd ej, Qvinde, for din Søn!
Ej for Hosbond kjer!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX abXXX XcXXX bcXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 11101 11111 1011111 101101 1111110 10111 11110 1101110 1111 111111 11101 1111 1111101 11001 1110111 1011 1110 1111010 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, kker are repeated).
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- summary of Holm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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